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Y V THE MOUSING HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 18SS , 1 HE INCOMING TIDE'; Or, Flie Romance of Hill IUKT I. Five feet eleven 'of agi'c, sinewy, "weii-moulded humanity, its crown a veil-shaped head of ''kins-like and ad mirable poise," with an outward sulti riencv of close-cropped, Indian-black h.tir, and an inward plentitude of biains, with an eye like a hawk's gray, penetrative, cynical and u smile mocking enough to drive wild the most accomplished coquette. This was Guillaume Renville. An e.ve by turns all tenderness and all tire; the frame of a young giant, and muscles of ted ; a tigerWli, jeal ous temper and a wonderful brain; a jet black, silk coat; four tii-rce, im patieiit teet, t-iat crawled or flew at their master's bidding. This was Karon. The two we.e inseparable. Their very names, therefore, came to be linked logethe1'. People said, "There go- (lulilaumc and Saron." , This was behind I heir backs, SO to speak. Somehow the quaint foreign name-, caught and staid anions thc sober Vun: Coddi-rs. To his face no t had achieved anything- more la miliar than "Mr. l!eii 'die." I do not know why he had spent four KUUitiR-rs in this out-of-the-way Cape t.'od town. I do not think he knew either. lie was restless at Newport, bm ed at Saratoga, savage and moody amons the mountains. Here he was conscious of a strange expectancy ;nvu:'.i'ig for some one who was to come, tor somethieg that was to hap- pen. .Now anil lueii m nis iocs ne- !;a".ccd uiioii iiits ot scenery that were oddly f miilhir, and quite as if he lt-d known them of old. I think lie was muiei-going, just then, a strange psycologieal experience not s.o foreign to tiie human race as some well-in culling- expounders of soul and science would have us believe, without being coM.-eioiis of it. All our experiences i:: this lii'e. thank heaven, are not ex piainabie from the standpoint of the world of sense. Il is necessaiy for us to outline, evt r so family, our dramatis ersomc. e will till in the coloring of the sketch :is we g' on. We i.nss hence, the:., over many a a mile of hili aiidrhorc. to Felicie Ar ;;iure, sitting, of a chill, drizzly May evening, by the oaring, open throat of an old fashioned chimney, in the old-fashioned house of all old fashion-' edVuy street. The name of the ciiy is neither h-re nor tueve. A nonde sciipt room, the carpet a conglomera tion of many qualil jr-.colo: s, patterns, where the brightest piec-ol all adorns Felieie's particular nook by the win d iw-seat On the walls Raphaels tfid (. orreggios jo.-tle ch.-.'.p prints and chromos, framed clieapiy or not at all. An old-fashioned piano in the corner reflects the lire redU from i's wcll poiishet! sides: a straight, hish. back ed, cushioned rocker o' "ye oldei. lime;' other c airs, whereof no one resembles its neighbor, and all are moreorhss dilapidated: and an an cient. time-w:.rn table, standing oddly beside IV.'.cie's prim, modem v-oik-1. isket, compiete the incongruities ot of t.ie room. Yet they are p'ainly not th incon "ritities of poverty. There is even a detent woufan. asddd-i'a-diioiied as the house., a very personified economy it -one did but know it wlio takes upon herself all household cares, lest Felicie shal'. so much as soil her lingers. ve are not portrait painters. Be ' sides, the tiie has died dowr, and the - glimpses one sets of Felicie m the t Uisht sivc only pleasant impressions of youth! srace and freshness. And are" not these beauty? What is this shadow behind her.-' this wiei-d. quaint, old - fashioned shadow, ! quits in kcepins . V',lh J1.10 pl-tce ancient and smilms ot lace, thm of' ti''ure. and. habited in a queer, lowered dressin.s sown and absurd bis siippers-' . ' ' Why. father! I didn t hear yen . come in.'' . "I chutr'Ttl mv coat in the entry, answered "the st'nilins shad;w, in the thinnest, weakest shadow ot a voice, that has vet a cracked, thoush joyous intonation, as of one in lush sootl humor with himself and .d: the world. ili- very tone seems a presase o! .'ood news", lie sits down m the lusli baeked rocker before the tire, ru'dnns to"-eiher his sinewy, claw-iike ti users. F.-l'cie watches him with expectant wis'.fuliiess. . . -So now so now; I see you waitms and listenins for a word,' thoush joii make believe notl" he says. sivb'.U" her a shadowy little joke of raillery, "lou are sure von must have new dresses. Felicie r" "I won't so dressed like a paurer. father. It is not as if you couldn't atlbid it." Tile tone is wearily monotonous wit if the fixedness of a ions-made de cis'nin, whereat the shadow chuckles in ale racked voice: ' "Felicie, how would a a new silk do. my dear a hlacK one:"' "It wwiiM be very nicc,"says Felicie, still drearily. "Felicie! and al--o a new red one? another silk, mv ("ear?"' "Why, vim know, father, it would j please me" a trille of fretful incredul ity tow in her voice, for she never j owned a silk in hi.r eishteen years of life before. "And Felice! a vety dark blue one. perhaps? Three of ".em to.sethei : "I don't know, at all know, what you inea)!. father" The black 'velvet eves w ere brim- :innjt" glitter over now. Larue crjsiai i.iops r in the lireli.sht. hy will lie tantalize her with toe unatlaiuabie : "And still asain. Felicie. a- some new muslins and s'mshams, perhaps". They sav women wear such at 'he sea side. And nv-iybe a new twj new hats and a new shawl or cloak. Wliaf do you say to these?" '.Why, lather, what (to you mean ? Am 1 to so or am 1 not?" "The fact is. my dear. I have had some a" peice of sood lu.k rare ood luck. I have got some money . that ne'rhans vou can have. Only you must be" eeoromical economical. Felicie- It is a sreat deal of monev; tuite pile, my dear, and I don't know as I better sive it all to you," with a little sesture of undecided avarice. He held a small buckskin bas in his hand, and tenderly patted it, ; s loth to let it go. "Are the blinds tiht shut, my dear? And where is Abigail?" "She went on an errand at dark" with! mechanical glance iit the dark ened windows. "Here, tlien;.no matter about count ing. It's three hundred dollars, Felicie thre hun-dred dollars." He paused. "You mustn't think I can iuve like that every day,- child," he presently made haste to say, as he noted her stupefied amazement. "As I said, it'ij all alongtof apiece of rare 4-ood luck. I'm a very poor man, Felicie. and we shall have to scrimp j dreadfully after you come back; Dut .you're a sood sirl a good girl, ray iear. and you never had an outing in Tourlife. -Only don't waste it at any of those bis, extravagant hotels -how an Old - Fashioned Towr. well I know the ways' of them don't mv dear!" "Indeed, father, all I want is a quiet place in the country, by the sea tin real sea!" she said, all aglow row ith joy, and a tumult of self-reproachful gratitude. Sh- puts her anm about his neck, and kissed many times bis thin check and brow, worn ,with the mvraid lines of many years' shuip scheming ai d contriving; and he said Hgain that she was a go()d girl and bade her to so to bed. The man was known on 'Change as Fennel Arnuire, the miser.. Felicie went on lonely shopping ex peditions she was usedjto. lonelines held interviews with dressmal ers, completed her ample, h.ippv prepara tions; and on a fair June day wa. translated or so it seemed to her from this work-a-day world ol brick and mortar, smoke and sordid living to the fair, green paradise of woodc vales and stic ims, and hiiis that lost themsylves in purple misp-o'distance. and Ions, blue lakes that nustlc aiiioiig'the liases of those hills; and happy, pastoral lives that found 10011 in l he wide freedom of nature to ex pand. I t is so easy to fi ul an external par adise when we carry one within us! To the rumble, jar and clank of ti e train she wa:, oblivious; her happy eyes saw only the lovely panorama I that uuroUed" i'sel in wide, sreen country -and smilins shore-reaches Country? she had never known it. And the sea? save as its odorous am disiolore-d waves lapped Mie time stained city wharves, she had nt-ve seen. Yet. mind you, she was c-ity-brcu Then- was no gaucherie about her She might have traveled ail over Fu rone with that quiet, hish-brcd wav 01 hers, for till you would havc-knov. n ti th-; cop.'rary. ' But pardon, messieurs et mcsdames! my pen. has c:.rried me away. That i writes of Felicie must be its excuse. Now to in- story. i l'AKT II. "Whom has Miss Comfort with her?" wondeied Miss Clavering to Mrs tiiiott, on the hotel piazza. "A:e' look! . Istrt tliatGuillaumeai'dSaron". It's about their time. I think." 'lo you time them exaetlv? Yes certainly; that is Mr: Renville" re plied the eider lady, with a keen Has! of father sarcastic amusiMncnt !is Clavering's iiil'ectatjon of f.iniiliant-. in jirivate never imi-e stood the colil scrutiny of Gui'lauine ilenville' eyes. "A: d Miss Comfort has pieki-.. up quite a (li-tiiii-ue y.umg ladv". Car. she be boardins dowu there?" "In that wilderness! Fancy tin queen of Sheba down at Harrowei: bay, when if .is as much ,a one can do o el'dure the quiet of this house-:" with a little aileeted laugh, "hook, look, Mrs. Dimott, isn't ne too n;a" nitieenfe!" Her eyes were suddenly, strangelv drawn to this man who sat on his powerful black horse by the. piazz.. railiiis. She scarcely heard Mrs. Dimott's inquiry, if she" were boardiu in town. "Yes; on Harrowoll Neck. I sup pose you know the place?'' "I some-times ride down that wav Isn't it rather lonely there? You see so little company?" susg'-sled Mrs Dimott. "Lonely? Oh. nevei !'" said Felicie. with the sparkle of a sudden smile. ' To me. the ocean is the best of sood company '' And now she became suddenly con scious of the covert scrutiny of Guii laume Renville's eyes. A strause pies ntitnent was it Dt good, or evil? lay upon Felicie. She heard, without 'understanding, Mrs D.mott's polite speeches. As tie man's footsteps drew near and paused, one simple sentence aloue--of tin many uttered by the lady's soft voice - penetrated the con;Usiin ef he-i thought. . "Miss Armure, let me present to you Mr. Renville." Fvc v vestige of color left hi"- cheek, and her limbs In-,,,,,!,, rose. Her eyes looked into oilier :c'v'c.- ; fa-smnately tender and fiercely lit with a sudden elect: ie tire (.f re-e ! SU;l:i 1 lis tirm-set. reiulute moutn ogi.ition; iqion a faec that albeit rarely betrayed his emotion, but now blanched aud thrilled with strong it quivered in a sudden, uncoil yo .-Life-cling .-he knew as well as -he knew ' agi-ny. tier own. 1 he pressure ot his onge!j redde-iiei! he-is. iiw well she kl.ev. ; me naiiii mi in in inai louen. And yet reai me the rid.de win can! she never before in this living world ville. upon (iuiliaume Kci wri'hen shapes. Af:,7 out at sea. th.: pale, trau.lueent blue heneaih in,-lle,i into tiie paler lihte above.' .War a! hand, lung lines of sun" began to gather aud creep shoreward, hi eakiiig loam white over points und bars. ihe title- was coming in. j Feiicie scarcely broke " thc utter solitude. It was rather enhanced by i the slender, lonely figure in d;!i i j dress that st. oiled In the wet verge.; (.'lose behind, doglike, followed li. ; Coiiiforfs wliite horse, tieiorated w'lh 1 Miss Comfort's aneieiit side s.uidii.. which, had not seen the light before , this many a year. Of a sudden, with no sound in the soft sand, (iuiliaume I.'enville, motion, less, stood looking" at her from the op posite side. In tht pause, that followed her own heart beat thick y-in her cars. It was, the fuliiilment of a prophe-.-y that was coining tii her. Ws it. for good or evil? . ' i The man walked down the slope with a certain deliberation of purpose that she 'elt even before she spoke, came straight to her, took -her hand' and looked into her eyes even as she had done on the day before. ! "You are pale," said (Juillaume Hen-1 ville; "let us sit down." "angers' . FeHeieT complied. Sitting beside him ! the sunny, soliturv hallow, she took ! and sifted slowh "through her two ! i.aui ft'wuS .o. Le. utiei j su angeis. Felic in the up and sifted slowly through her two ! lingers the warm, shining sand. The j plaintive "pee wee!" of the gulls over- j head broke across the loud monotone oi ttie tide. "Do you know where we have be- held each, other before?" said Guil-1 laume Renville, at last. "i'es said Felicie. trembling He leaned one elbov on the slope of j the bluffs behind them, and regarded i ner lor a long time in silence. "What is out-to say, then, of these ; dreams or visions? i 1 know not what to call them," said Felicie, with a "sort of restless un- j certainty, at last. A week ago, he answered her,' UI i should have scoffed at them, as, I al- ; ways have,.hov,'ever they might haunt j inc niirm sunugtii lay upon in. -,' - , ' . faaii.i tun-id a e .... ..(..tiMu !t:ivi.lc. ;e - r- sfsm, sand-dune,. In hills and hollows ; lie five simple Wonts. I ne smile r,:,.;,r;i , ,ilt! tl)!llll ;l, ....j,.,,..,.,. xjv - - - - UtifcSroSffiili&S s.ojied the si.ver-grav sheen of ;! Ha ' scaiceiy left her lips it seen. en 1.':.;i:am.k u i: i-t i, Atti's-at-Law. f - ? FFSTilW sand, sparsely tuiten wii !i h.-aei, gr:,s. imzei: the re--l.nt a mute horror -l're.! Merctrul God! Free a &0Mz , pfflMSMl I ere aild here low hauls were ;.f a i grew an.igrevi ui tne deptiis of her nemth a-o!" WMtMM&k rmB strange, (lull rl. Here and th,re lay , veivetv .-e-s. She stared at tiie gre fie u-r-s,, al-nust nt'i-.erin- as he i itfWypfe'NrW pieces oi dn.ueooii. hea.eu h tl.e ! i.".. .,.) ..... ,,. B - , K 1 ,u V ' " -ui-es into stran-e. stdiev,-,! . sc.uc-h eon- thrutt the letter back into his veSC- U Mltmkmmg-Smt iv inward consciousness. Now" he ; iLneare? '!:-"-ow ". ! nc.i, uu .- -uiu rencic, icsuiuiciv , seeing he puu:l 1 i..tve no jai.n t:i them now. as a general thing. I think I am .i faithless ort of person," he said, with a faint .siniie. "I only know that some of mine have come- true." She looked at hi'.: without speaking. "Here is the hollow, Jthere the red bluffs," he went on, in an absent way "I saw you standing precisely where vou stood just now. I went to meet you, as I came to day. The con ventionalities of life were done away with. I was conscious only of a great iov th;it eiowned mv manhood ..s it never was crowned before. It seemed to me mat 1 had lolllid tile lit d of my life!" felicie could have sworn, as he look ed up to her.that (iuiliaume Renville's evesweieas bP'e as the skies. Vi'is:. Clavering would have assured her they were gray. His face was transfigured". Felieie's own eyes were wet. "Your dream was my e-wn." she simply said; "but, oh, my friend, uu ...usi 04k. mailer ui.ui ins ioi i th-; life of vour lite." j The tender innocence of her answer I iweetly suluUiKd the tire ot his eyes, i A humility ui worship crepe into j them. Did I imply a loubt of re- i lieie's iieaim ? Ar this in ment s!-.e ; was beautiful a? a dream. In her eyes j was Hie siiliiiesa ot a yreat j -V. t e- j iieie was- not lile otbe-r eliis:. he I Uil no" (UiHsT'.op. tins jtrange happi- ! nevs that 1 1 - 1 1 jine toherins- strnne ' a wav : she accepted it c .nu-nt Stranger tnan any dream, wilder than any romance, is this real lite ot ours Sarmi. from the slant of tiie !i 11 iw watched the two with wide, jeat- u-. j es. His master had no wmd fur mil'., no ear tor his low, appea whinny. Do horses reason? . Saron resented tiie neglect, eauie softly behind and between tin. He til. mil. He nipped viciously at Felicie'a sleeve. - "Saron!" 'i he uuiitious threat in that low voice! His m.-isier had never so -ipokeii.to h-.m before never thrust iiim back wjpsuch an iron hand. A dull rage began to seeih in his b ute heart against this stranger who had come between Reuviiie's love. him and Gulliauine- I PART IV. Jnne roses failed from Miss Coin tort's cottage walls;-! uly 's tei-vid sun. rose and set over Harrowell s.tnd. aiul the quaint ol : boat-h-'U.-es on tiie -siiingiy beacli; August's wither ing heats, tHinpered by' tiie ubrqui lioiis sea wmos, I urned .theinse. ves out, and sit ii ! Ft-licie lingered. i juiliaume and Sron. like unquiet I .bo-ts. liAuiiteM M:s Imtili.l Js uoor- : j yard i ' .Seem s if them two was the fust ' tilings I sot eyes on in t.h.- . uioi nn , ; an' ihe last thing a: ntght." roniarKeo j .viiss Comroit lu the looking g ars ; oyer the suik. "My whiti.- mart j iiam't Inid - sieh exercisiu' for ten years. Wal, I git my pay for't " September brought many an east ; wiini .-iiong with it. The tides on j the bay shore ran fiercely and high ; j alter a ween ot storm; but peittier ; j east wind nor tides daunted the two j j who rode slowly along the reedy j margin iate on a gray, olowy aftcr I noon, and fina ly, as was quite their custom, disuiountod to stroll and i pick up shells. Had it ever dawned upon tne-in that the summer was end j Kit'! T'j Guilluanie Re-uvillt, as leat, j had wmi; that morning, a bitt-sr te I minder, in a. letter with qu.v.nt. fi-r-i eign clficography and a foreign i.nsr- mark. He had cms lf:d it lino)ened i injji his "vest pocket 'w'itn a look that i outte startled the postmistress. That I iook struggled over bis face new a ! they sat under a beach-plum t;h:cket. j Saron, mail witli jealousy, stiioii afar, i oil", ami tiie white- mare browsed ci.n- oii the leaves. , -'Gudianme, what la it? s:. id F licit-, softly. She feit every change of his mood. ." i " .aKei noon lie i.a.l i.een, ny t urns, Feiicie'"' iis s a ni:une,l ,'liiU,r" 'I-Vi; elicic: 1 am u turned i i 1 it, . , i m l i i iiiui i.'i'.ii a.m.- ni..tiiii jivi, ouri-.-o his iac-e on her shoulder, and clung ! I" I" ' S"ake" ' ' t',C:,!1:,,'VI'l'''Cf;''W,,n-' , - . ' "i'" 1 h'-i t von? he asK.a. hr.- kenly, at ie.th, ria.v.ug h,s el.isp, a.- si,e drew a l.uu, snitddei in - . i.reatj, . ' 'T't is my sr.r.i that yet iiuft." she answered, m a iow voice, withdraw ing herself from iiis arms, p.ml stand ing up. ''Listen," lie said. hoMiug to her dress; ''wait o:t'ty a mouiei.t- Listen, and forgive me if you eat:! Ten years a-o I married, and was most bitter. -deceived in the woman I coie.i wire, whose habits were such that a '.eii'i 'ole hia'.hing took the pitiee of ;i,' :.-r-mer reg-ird fir.' her. When .rbear auee en my part had ceased t; he a virtue, unwilling to connect the name siie Lore with the scandal , di- voice, I made arrangements f.o- i r iier mainteiiaiice aiid put tin: sea between us. i came here distrusting all v.-(. men. 1 met you, feeling (ioei knows what strange boud between us! J loved you, and drifted -madly with the current, not knowing, nor "arm-.' whither it drifted. Xuw U Cod' my love! I have wrecked y.'-ur imm- cent hte wish mine! I ... cent me wish mine: 1 .-rgiVe n.e, if ft Pf,alb!e! ' . ,. 1 V,U ,conie aSa,n. ' aiu-.s red. vAf?el', Mr eyes still tixed on the vf?uel. ntr eyes stni tixed on the horizon line, as she drew her dress hvm his lingers. "I want to think now." I T,,...J J.-.i. i ! u- liftori h,v u". "T" .. TJl , ' 'llR"surea i i T tt ' oohu tne ; "'"'"""5 niiiiseii prone upon i nis lace, ami so remained. Saron watched it all A paroxysm i ot jealous nate seized h:m. He ' would tain have struck at her have fastened his teeth in h- shu-ibb-r n ms5wi i. --.i " "" ,," , wSih ki- "'""T I"1 u P 1 "1 ! ouUvf : oIkuwucc to felicie; it was beyond the power of LO coiuici tne brute hatred ot : ilIS heart. He crept after her.further ' aud further along the beach,, now ami 1 I r rons sueere torcc oi nnoit her if. lot heaven: hat: . -'fss.:'---:"" - "aar - .:i: 1 hand droiyvd softly on his l.iuck. "it M ntsie-ir UynviUe .io.ns, sV.ll the!, - -sllj -"""" J?"'5 then turning a fierce apprehensive eve backward at the prostrate, 1110- 4. r.t.it.ia tii-tire ol tits master. Felicie could not think; she felt be- numt'.ed and sore. I he light was gone from the day, the charm from the sea and sand. She thought now, with a strange, dull Jiang, of tee quaint old room at home, and the smiliti" shadow that waited for her. Ainfthe black horse, with stealthy steps, and the white showing all round his glittering eyes, stole cioser and closer. An old weather-beaten boat lay high and dry among the reeds. She stepped up on the gunwale and paused to look, with a strange, me chanical kind of fascination, npou the twilight, the vast gray dullness o! sea ami sky that typified the mono tone of ' her own life henceforth. Then she saw Saron and stretched out- her 'hand. He came drasgingly, step liy step His brute hatred was overpowered for the moment by the fearlessness of her manner. He submitted to her touch, wiith a sort of sullen endur ance. Siie put her foi.t into the stir rup and sat down upon the saddle chnguig so, at that moment, to the tie leire contact of anything that was (niilluame Renville's. In the tsepOia i f tier stricken, inno cent, heart she fancied the creature iiad followed her ii'om sympathy , :i w shi-uid si: sweet Soul! know I aught of tne black depths of a hatred i that oiilv yeanis for the annihilation ! if the- hated. Her hand strayed over : his thick mane. "lie i Saron, t be separated from you, e said: "it will be summer ! tor v 1 'i, ill aiwa . s. ' r 1 r.-ast heaved,' the tears stole from her eyes. ly some mysterious instinct, the -I ute felt tiie change in her mood, j Tiie tiger nature asserted itself: !:.e ' lurr.ed and bit viciously into her rid- j mg-skiit; then, with a new idea m ins j remi rselesss brain, he plunged sea-I ward, ami struck out through, the leepeiiiag shallows. t.i Tr ri.ii.!. felt-' mi ihm of terror ail lesser emotions were swallow-5 up in the greater -she kepi 'he' set 'mechaincalTy, and only j -xperie: ted a -lull ort m " wonder at j tin-strain o b--hayior of the snorting j brute. ' i A man with a nightgl,is3 on a hill top haif a miie away got her in range and loKowe-i in r motions tor a mo ment, i 'It's tli.it pretty flower-faced li gal down to Miss Hiiro well's, (j emus heaven! And how come she ol. ' toat nruiy brute, v ith tiie tide I a most high, an a r.ig'h sea on! ; The next instant he Was tearing i Sown 'tlte slope, only pausing f-.r a j word at a eoit.ige il or wiierrf three f the weir-men were eating supper, j All were oirectiy afoot and al ter him. j Tin- cold iash of ' waves about her feet brought Felicie to herslelf. Saron was utterly unmanageable. With the bit belwee:: his teeth he plunged on into the l-jng, green swell of the ne-a. A great tiirill of fear came ?vt:r the girl. In one hasty, backward glance, she could' sec nothing of Guil- laume loiiiviiie. No crv of hers could be .heard at that distance in the roar of wind and water. The east wind drove the surf into her face; she ! was drenched Sir n was swimming i now. A heavy roller swept her troin . her uncertain seat, overwhelming j horse and rider. She saw the Satanic ' black head, with its gleaming teeth, j turn upon her through the green ; gloom of the wave. j When Saron emerged he wis alone only a little tmn glove dangled! from the buck'e of the cuih. was a biood-stain upon it. -: Guillauiiie Renville lifted heavily at last. "Felicie!" he said, with lhere himself a ha'.f- groan. ; The white mare still browsed on ! the leaves of tin: beach-plum. Saron was nowhere in sjlit. The unopened letter had siippei fruin iiis noeket and lay on ihe sand. He picked it up with, a eiir.se. liow well lie knew theq-ieir mean.ieriiig hand, the tor : eigu spelling of American words. He' nia-ie a m .Hon as if to tear it; then, with an indescribable gesture of con tempt., removed the envelope ain't be gan to read. G".i ,,f heaven! What! 1 !:."!: Uotiviltv tio.ies, sV.I! the , !e '.n.', hi -,v:t.;, iviio so h.tppin :!-. ! i.v a: i;rii, lie iii.'crrcii in tiie : i! e a e ..I ..hitiM!! Itaviili!, i.r .he toniii ;ir e'-.-hiiiit Hltf 'K'ck eye searched the i '-'" N 1'eiice. no Sar.m. .A i ,! .ange. awful, creeoing fear brgau to i th h?8 ,.,;ar ,ie t-rust it tecl- "Y,,...vt -.t... ,f...;.i, ! .. j ..t i v. u.:uwuioill'l white maie was galloping in long ! stretches over the beach.' She had j neve.- bei'i.ve feit the impetus of so i : wi'd a rider. j Ills eye ci-uiil'-'i'd to turn seaward, j '!!at v.as that, black object vender ! ! ill. ; Tt - i. i vr.ttir . -1 acr.itn.. in.. 1 two pbjeets no one? ilu drew the mr.re .'iei cely 1 1 lie;- haunches. The aiuMeii .check cut tiie poor animai's mouth. Great drops of blood tl rip ped t i her w::iie cheat. e;.!i:e tearing, Oreathhss, l Urea men dowu the "For k1 let her rule tin; tirst. s sake, sir, what did you hat brute for?" panted At tne sight of Guillaume Ren ville's face all further wor.'ls died up on his hps. I'anting, plugging came Saron shoreward through the foam; black and dripping, his m.Tguitieeu t satanic head clove the waves. Guillaume Renville, standing on tiie verge, caught the bridle, and found in nis hand a little torn glove. Through all the foam and splash of the seas it had brought back'- that telltale stam of cull red. For an instant the man's terrible eves sought those the. brute. Sa- . r... ...... ''on C0iverea' ltleniauj tiglit hand sougni; uusteaaiiy tne orea3t-pocKec jr his coat The next instant the brute was righting for his. lite. The others stood for the moment, dumb, transfixed. neither speaking nor offering aid. Saron 's tierce teeth tore the nun's,, garments. His plunging tote feet aimed futile strok'S at tiie powerful,; alert body of his beloved master. The tiger had broken loose, Ciiuging with one anft around the brute s tuioat albeit shaken and braised C'-uillaume Kenville's clasp compressed the. windpipe. Saron Hung up his Lead struggled gasped choked. In the half-pause that followed the man's sharp clasp-knife did its work. Tne blood of the faithful, jealoii3 slave poured over the feet of his mas ter. Guijlaunie Renville stood still, swaying slightly to aud fro. One man veutured to approach. Having ap proached some in-itinet warned him not to speak, nd . he edged away again. "Why should you fear tne?" said Guillaume Renville, stead' ly. '"lam not mad." He waited a little, and said again: "I am not mad, I am sane. I am whole and sound in body. I shall live a good ' many years to come. Live!" with an indescribable inflection. He stooped, picked up the saddle the girth had brcken in the. aniniil's fall and rent it asunder as one might rend a folded cloth. Having so done, lie strode away down tiie darkening beach m the twilight 'a more unreal shallow than the smiling one that waited for Felicie at home. s- F'lte was not. as cruel as the reader might have, concluded ere this. As Guiilaume Renville stiode sadly along the wet sands, a glimpse of white in the bre .kers caught his eye. A moment; later the body of .his lost love was borne toward lMm on the crest of the incoming tide. Me sprang forward into the surf and tenderly picked up the little body which now lay sileut at his feet. Was she quite dead? The anxious lover whispered en deanng vords into the lifel.-ss ears across one of which the rich blood trickled from a tiny wound. As Guillaume gazed into the beau- tifcl face held now so near his own, the eyeiiua buttered and a low moan escaped from the cold lips, Strong hands carried her homc.and it was Guil!a:im".s )lea-aiit task to coax her back to health again. I A month later he showed her the ! letter lie l.tel received on that terrible j day. when Saron died'1 instead of Fe- licie, and when th j-iyous bells rang! the Old Year out and the New Year in, Guillaanie claimed her a his own. Tlic Sell) Flouring Mills. Edward Gobi, one of th" pro prietors of the Red Crown Mills, of this city, has pnrchj-d the IVnt land flouring m;Hs at Scio and will assume control of the same on .January 1. The price paid for the mills was sfOOfV). He lias sold his interest in the well known Red Crown Mills to the other proprie tors, Messrs Lanninget fsoir. and wnl remove t ' '"io to opor tite tin; tniil iiun-hased -ai that phve. It is his purpose to supply the n.il; witn a ft ill roller process making it second to no 11. .tiring mill in the country. Them 11 issnp phed with iinprovcd t;tiij)s and . a KM1 '. Irailoti reser voir which supplies the wat erworks of ! he cu v. A view nt in" . millsis given in the -New Years issue oi t:ie Hekai.d, as ap joars bel.i'.v. MiWM'Wffflfl fe W&JiiM tS-gSSSB -Wtelfffi KMWM -fep-KtoKl ';""::ii"ff ZEE, T. TOlNrS. ENEEA C Booisewsldef, Stationer, -AND DEALER IN- Text Books and Fine stationery, miscellaneous books, photograph and autograph albums. i inkstands, ink, pens, pencils, etc, etc. kindj of musical merchandise. i General 'News ifeepot. "Mail orders promptly attended to. A Kli;UiKISIt; Joii IKITKIt. The Fine Work anal !. Kates be !eciir'l of J. II. IJurkhui'l- to Below is given air illustration of the power press used hr the jol printing establishment of J. H. ! Burkhart in this city. He has one f of the most complete anil thor- ughly equipped offices in the Willamette valley, and is prepaied to do all kinds ol" job printing from the plainest card to a mam moth poster. He has recently added to his assortment of type the latest and most approved -faces and is in .KISS V IIOtHSTKIUKII. Vieiv f the Factory if i:iilerrlsiiig Firm. This Situated on the hank of the Wil lamette, as shown in the accom panying illustration, obtained from a photograph bv Crawford, is the i -i e ' i i l sasii ami uoor iai-iory aim paining mill of Zeiss it I lochstedler. The excellence of their work, together with their Strict application to business, has brought them a thriving- business. They handle ' doors and sash made from the famous sugar pine of Southern Oregon, and during the past season the buzz of their machinery lias been very constant, tiie large amount of building done in Albany having kept them busy. They employ a large force of workmen and turn out a elass of work, the superiority of which is recognized by builders, and which has gained for them a steadily increasing business- ----- 1. -s.S,J-'i' 'Tl'T.V all School Supplies. Sheet music,' music books and all all respects thoroughly wj with, ilte time?, while his prices are guaranteed to be as l.w as in Port lami or San Fiancisco. With this oppoittmity to obtain first-class work promptly, and at the lowest possible figure , there is no need of ativ one sending awav for anv kind of iob' printing, a fact which the business men oi Albany are "fast finding out. His otiice is now located in Mc- IUv. ,111 s brick, but will soon be removed into his new quarters in Flinn's new brick block, wl-ere his facilities for turning out fine job woi'K vili be eveu better than at present. 1IIK O. V '. OIWKlt STATION., The Ill-pot Hotel Where All Train ('filter. The completion of the Oregon & California railroad, giving a through rail connection with San Fran cisco, is causing a steadv increase in the travel over this route, and it is gratifying that there is an ele gant hotel and depot at Albany, where all the trains on the O. & (J., the Lebanon branch' and the Ore gon Pacific center, the latter road having built a switch to the depot fur this purpose. The Depot Hotel is under the efficient man agement of Mr. J. A. Gross and wife, who have won a deserved popularity among the traveling public - for the superior style in which' they are. dined and ac commodated . Our artist has obtained a very good view of the depot with both trains in. It shows in some degree the life and bustle that characterizes Albany. The building is one of the best depots in the state, and will probably only be supplanted when Albany advances to that stage requiring a grand central depot of all the lines of railroad which centers here and which contribute much, towartl making Albany the lively and growing citv that she is. 8 1! WHEN EVER! i Parent eve. r-onsid-; ering what kind of a Ipiesent to Hve' their i cheir children, That ther may need I soiiietliir.o- usei'ul such i a a nice pair ofl)00ts i i or shoes. 'J liese o-oods j can- l-e found iu the highest qualify and truest fits at the low est prices at Ilealldd sBrowceli's: First and Broadalbin. MRS EMMA O CONNER. Fine IVIillinery- Opposite Vxfv . - - . Beat Kslalc and EniuloiiMBt Agency. T PARTIES HAVING FARMS FOIt SALE of about 100 acres, or those haviug Urcr tracts which they would be willing to- divide up into SO or 161) ae-re lots, are invited to call at our ottle-e, as we have a -ew customers for that class of farms. We crn also furuUh par ties wai.tintf help, either male or female for the city or country, with such help as the desire on short notice; and we also have few situations for both male and female in th city and country. Call at our office if von want helper want employment. Ve can'ceb either for yon. Office No. 65 First street, adr. joining . C. Tweedile's tin store. F. A. BURKHART & CO.. 1 5 -J 7.
